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Covers:  science, arctic, natural resources, politics, conflict, drugs
Doesn't Cover: gossip, celebrities, pseudoscience
Stay-at-home uncle, managing editor at Canada's National Observer | @jwst.bsky.social

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Jimmy Thomson’s Biography

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James (Jimmy) Thomson is a Vancouver-based freelance journalist. His work has been published in The Globe and Mail, VICE, the Toronto Star, National Geographic, BCBusiness Magazine, The Tyee, Canadian Geographic, CTV, and CBC Radio, among others.

He has reported from eight countries – six of them in the Arctic – on topics ranging from climate change to war refugees to cannibal rat-infested ghost ships. He has gathered audio from a Coast Salish sweat lodge, photos of a Syrian prosthetics worksho…

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Doctor brings Syrian medical aid organization to Canada

Doctor brings Syrian medical aid organization to Canada

Dr. Ammar Zakaria, who defected from the brutal Bashar Assad regime after seeing young boy undergoing torture…

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"Lost" Satellite Photos Reveal Surprising Views of Earth in the 1960s

"Lost" Satellite Photos Reveal Surprising Views of Earth in the 1960s

Images include the Aral Sea before it dried up, the most Antarctic ice on record, and possibly the first shot…

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When it comes to the Arctic, technology still does not trump nature

When it comes to the Arctic, technology still does not trump nature

Since finding the Franklin ships, the focus has been on the technological success this find represents. “We’v…

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This Grassroots Prosthetics Clinic in Turkey Is Giving Hope to Syria's Lost Generation | VICE | C...

This Grassroots Prosthetics Clinic in Turkey Is Giving Hope to Syria's Lost Generation | VICE | C...

Muhammad Hamidu was 15 years old when a bomb dropped through his roof near Idlib, a city in Northwestern Syri…

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An Environmental Group Is Trying to Have B.C. Pipelines Voted on Through Referendums

An Environmental Group Is Trying to Have B.C. Pipelines Voted on Through Referendums

With two major oil sands pipeline projects being proposed for B.C., one environmental group wants British Col…

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I Got Stranded on the Cannibal Rat Ship Long Before the Rats Arrived

I Got Stranded on the Cannibal Rat Ship Long Before the Rats Arrived

Lyubov Petrovna Orlova is one of Soviet Russia's great actresses, and the first real Soviet film star. Althou…

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The smoke that came from nowhere for no reason

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| National Observer Verified
Reading last week’s contribution from the venerable Globe and Mail editorial board, one would be forgiven for coming away with the belief that the wildfire smoke choking cities from Toronto to Washington this summer ascended from hell for no particular reason — that one day, there wasn’t smoke, and the next, poof, smoke. The Aug.
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We agree on the problem. Why can't we find common ground with some solutions?

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| National Observer Verified
We were graced with a virtual visit this week from Gary Greenberg, a contributing editor at Harper’s and the author of a 2024 feature called After the Deluge. The piece is a brilliant tick-tock narrative of two climate disasters back to back. A once-unimaginable natural disaster — a tornado — hit his small New England town followed immediately by a rare, climate-linked flood.
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Donald Trump can spare Canada the lecture on climate disasters

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5 hours ago In his second term, President Trump's image has cropped up in many new places: U.S. passports, national park passes, government building banners and — soon — official coins. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent unveiled designs this week for a commemorative $1 gold-colored coin, which he said the U.S. …
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Awards

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Norwegian High North Journalism Award

2014
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Canadian Institutes of Health Research

2012 - Communications Grant
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Susan M. Boyce Scholarship

2014 - Feature writing

Susan is a longtime Vancouver-based journalist and a firm believer in the need to support and mentor aspiring writers in this exciting career. It is her hope this scholarship will contribute to making the aspiration a reality for many who are dedicated to preserving the value and integrity of the written word. The awards are made on the recommendation of the UBC Graduate School of Journalism in consultation with the Faculty of Graduate Studies.

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Canadian Online Publishing Award

2002 - Best Interactive Story

For "China's Generation Green"

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